The beauty of retro gaming is all those gems you never played back in the day can be revisited anytime you like now. Played this on the Amiga and took me ages to figure out how to take off lol. The C64 version looks superb, definitely going to have a go over the weekend, never did have the chance to play this version. Thanks B, great review 👍
Absolutely loved this game. I didn't even know about it, I was in a computer store returning a faulty printer they sold me for my c64. To make it up to me, they said I could pick a game - and i saw the Cinemaware name and just went "That!"
Great video, that's brought a lot of memories. I played this soooo many times on the A500 back in the day, but could never beat it, there seemed to be a huge difficulty spike in the guard fights after you got the first 3 rocket parts, but I always came back for one more go. The c64 version looks mighty impressive, must give it a go.
It's a tricky game so for a 7 year old it was probably too much 😲 , doing this review I really battled with the takeoffs until I remembered the timing .
Hehe, so many guys complain that they aren't as good at C64 gaming as they were when they were a kid, as their timing and reflexes isn't what it used to be. You can't have it both ways. But yeah, maybe 7 was a little young ... I guess the optimal age was when we were all teenagers.
This is simply the type of review I'd like to watch on UA-cam ... No host trying to go out of their way to put in a joke in every 5 seconds and staying on the subject and not going into insane detail about an item in the menu 🤣👍 i just like quick and too the point 😅 so I'm glad you enjoyed it 👌
At 2:09 that looks like our old trusty JVC VHS VCR on the shelf. Although methinks the pic's been edited ... there's no way an old CRT TV has a picture tube with such straight, square edges :-)
This game didn't grab me back in the day, the mini games were too hard and confusing, but Wings was sublime, I even enjoy the 3D flight sections which didn't age very well. Played both on the Amiga though.
@@BastichB64K In Holland pirating games wasn't something that was frowned upon when I was a kid. We all went to public copy parties that were held in dodgy backrooms :) I remember this protection very well 'cause when I got home, I had a copy of the non-cracked version. Had to wait for a whole month before I got the "right" version.
I always wondered about this game but never played it. My only Cinemaware game for the C64 in those days was Sinbad. In more recent years I've also picked up Defender of the Crown off eBay.
@@BastichB64K yeah man. When that scene happened, I was pretty shocked as I hadn't heard about it.. the screen looked rad and I'd thought the blimp was singularly the only token "reel sound" sequence.
Can confirm, the NES port is pretty bad. So much cool stuff in the c64 version and so much smoother an experience by the look of it! It's a shame the NES port is so inferior but what you gonna do I guess? (shrug :))
@@ctgman im well aware of the comics origin , the point im trying to make is this is an homage to 1930s serials not the Rocketeer which itself is an homage to 1930s serials
I absolutely loved this game as a kid. I was fascinated by the story and the graphics
It's brilliant , the mix if WWII and Sci-Fi always fascinates me
Had this for DOS back in the day. I remember liking it quite a lot.
The beauty of retro gaming is all those gems you never played back in the day can be revisited anytime you like now.
Played this on the Amiga and took me ages to figure out how to take off lol.
The C64 version looks superb, definitely going to have a go over the weekend, never did have the chance to play this version.
Thanks B, great review 👍
Yeah I love the fact that we can play all the stuff we missed back in the day ..and when it comes to the C64 there is sooooo much to try
Absolutely loved this game. I didn't even know about it, I was in a computer store returning a faulty printer they sold me for my c64. To make it up to me, they said I could pick a game - and i saw the Cinemaware name and just went "That!"
It's so great , I just knew everytime I saw the Cinemaware logo I was in good hands 🕹️👍
Great video, that's brought a lot of memories. I played this soooo many times on the A500 back in the day, but could never beat it, there seemed to be a huge difficulty spike in the guard fights after you got the first 3 rocket parts, but I always came back for one more go. The c64 version looks mighty impressive, must give it a go.
Yeah most people played the Amiga version which is the most well known one .
I played this on my Amiga 500 back then and its superior in every way , but this looks pretty good for a C64 game.
Yeah the Amiga version is the best of course but for a C64 game this is damn impressive .
i was 7 when this came out, so my ranger just fell over, all the time, fascinating.
Blaming my poor gameplay on my age.
It's a tricky game so for a 7 year old it was probably too much 😲 , doing this review I really battled with the takeoffs until I remembered the timing .
Hehe, so many guys complain that they aren't as good at C64 gaming as they were when they were a kid, as their timing and reflexes isn't what it used to be. You can't have it both ways. But yeah, maybe 7 was a little young ... I guess the optimal age was when we were all teenagers.
Never heard of this game, but sure looks very cool gotta test it out!
Totally worth playing on the C64 !
Wow I missed this one as a kid... This looks great
One of my favorites games 🕹️
I love how you tell the story - a nice polished review. Agree - a classic game. You got your moneys worth with Cinemaware for sure :)
This is simply the type of review I'd like to watch on UA-cam ... No host trying to go out of their way to put in a joke in every 5 seconds and staying on the subject and not going into insane detail about an item in the menu 🤣👍 i just like quick and too the point 😅 so I'm glad you enjoyed it 👌
“You will tell us the secrets of the rocket pack, or the giiirrrll will suffer!!!”
Somebody clearly played it a lot 😂 I tried to trigger that scene for the review but kept on screwing it up or doing the right thing 🤣 doh!
At 2:09 that looks like our old trusty JVC VHS VCR on the shelf. Although methinks the pic's been edited ... there's no way an old CRT TV has a picture tube with such straight, square edges :-)
🤣👍 yeah I slapped the Rocket Ranger screen on it
This game didn't grab me back in the day, the mini games were too hard and confusing, but Wings was sublime, I even enjoy the 3D flight sections which didn't age very well. Played both on the Amiga though.
Wings was cool , check out the Wings remake it's quite excellent 🕹️
I remember the copy protection where you had to add the right amount of fuel to reach your destination or you would crash in the ocean... game over.
Yeah without the decoder wheel you were screwed 🤣👍 un less you had a cracked version 😉
@@BastichB64K In Holland pirating games wasn't something that was frowned upon when I was a kid. We all went to public copy parties that were held in dodgy backrooms :)
I remember this protection very well 'cause when I got home, I had a copy of the non-cracked version. Had to wait for a whole month before I got the "right" version.
I always wondered about this game but never played it. My only Cinemaware game for the C64 in those days was Sinbad. In more recent years I've also picked up Defender of the Crown off eBay.
Sinbad was awesome , if you liked that then you'll probably like Rocket Ranger
Oh wow I missed out on this game as a kid - I would have loved it! I was obsessed with the 3 stooges game and DotC.
Defender , Sinbad and this were my go to games for C64 Cinemaware
Nicely done review. This was an immersive technical marvel for sure. And, difficult!
"Tell us about the rocket pack, or the girl will suffer"
Thx , I love that scene ..I tried to trigger that scene too capture some game footage but things went right instead of wrong 🤣
@@BastichB64K yeah man. When that scene happened, I was pretty shocked as I hadn't heard about it.. the screen looked rad and I'd thought the blimp was singularly the only token "reel sound" sequence.
Yeh me too 83-84 loved this game on disc only if I remember correctly.
Surprised to see that the C64 version is this good, well done Cinemaware! 💯
The Amiga one is more iconic but the C64 one is head and shoulders above all the 8bits
@@BastichB64K Really smooth gameplay and that incredible music, top level work all the way. Also great work on all your videos. 👍
@@MikkoHiiri thank you kindly 😀👍
I own both an amiga and a c64 and i love both versions..the c64 is superb for an 8 bit machine.
Yeah they are both tops , the best 16 & 8 bit versions belong to Commodore
This one managed to slip under my radar back in the day , probably due to superior copyright protection schemes 😎
🤣👍 yeah there's plenty of cracked versions out now so no need for the decoder wheel
Thank you, I missed this game. Great review, I live cinemaware. I will give the game a try for sure!
It's one of their best games 🕹️👍
cool, thx !
My fav game was Raid over Moscow though it was hell to take the plane out of the hangar
Fantastic game 👍
I had a disc drive and had this game,man it was hard to play.
If you didn't have instructions then its hard for sure
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Can confirm, the NES port is pretty bad. So much cool stuff in the c64 version and so much smoother an experience by the look of it! It's a shame the NES port is so inferior but what you gonna do I guess? (shrug :))
Yeah it's a shell of this awesome version , not sure what happened there 🤔
Could they not get the licensing for “The Rocketeer?”
The Rocketeer and this are both based on 1930 styled sci-fi serials , The Rocketeer movie came out 2 years after this was released
@@BastichB64Kthe character of the Rocketeer was created before this game came out.
@@ctgman im well aware of the comics origin , the point im trying to make is this is an homage to 1930s serials not the Rocketeer which itself is an homage to 1930s serials
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